Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-24
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HES OF THE CITY WHENCE
sHB COLONEL CAME"
rs Who Are Really SDut-DOgs 10
: Ssll-farkiSh Money Lenders
What the People BaL.
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JsRe Cosmopolitan.
curiosity of Constantinople,
not excite disgust, but, on the
Nsurprise akin to admiration, is
or porter. His name, which has
the same origin rs that Of camel,
&im quite well. lie is, in fact, a
bout the hump; but this hump is,
4, more or less represented by a
sIaRther cushion resting on his back, |
intended to support his burden. More
he Turkish porter has the sObriety,
tienee and the strength OF the camel.
French proyerb, As strong as a
Ilnnst have been suggested by the
dis burden-earTyiug hiped, whose
sirong enough to bear frightful
NOne hardly dares to tell OF some OF
seats of muscle, for fear OF being con-
Ia hoaSter. Here are two, however:
wghen l changed my lodgings, |
men come to move my piano.
q IL mp firmly with straps. Then
Nem went away, and the third,
down, raised the piano, and, plac-
On his back, carried it q distance
- more than three quarters OF an
another occasion | met = hamel
aha WAS carrying upon his back an enOr-
moss raiash, the wheels and aNletrees OF
fxhich had been taken OFF and fastened to
1trx sidelOf the vehicle. The only thing
wanting Was the two horses on his arms.
The pakSers-by, accustomed Is they were
toitheaei prOdigies of strength, stopped To
SO thisldiminutiye Hercules walk by, who
;kappekred under his load, taking an easy
md eyeh step, and uttering at the same
time thk word "Guardar'
= TaS t~flngality Of the hamel is equally
-&-rkng. Who knows but it is one of
Me secrets of his strength? He never eats
my ceoked food, except a little rice and a
kind OF soft and inSipid Sea-cracker, called
pide IN Turkish, and taking the place of
bread His ordinary food consists OF GU
tcumbers, which he eats with the skin ON,
salad without salt or seasoning, and I'M
cooked onions.
Hamels never drink any wine, beer or
spiritu Gus liquors, and thus present a con
sDicuous relutatiOn to the claims OF those
that insist that the drinking of alcoholic
and fermenykd beverages s~ustains and in-
~ DISEASES ones strength. In times OF drought
they follow he example OF camels, their
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they DO not find fault, but wait until wet
weather comes.
A description of COnstantinOple would
be very incomplete that passed over its
dogs in silence. They are poor creatures,
with reddish hair, pointed ears, thin TANKS,
medium sized, and wild, in that they never
attach themselves 10 man; but they are,
however, gentle and inOffensiye. They
belong to the wolf dog species, and change
their color twice q year, Always living
outdoors and sleeping under the open sky,
~they receive from nature, their only mas
ter, q summer garb and a winter garb. The
iRrst consists OF u light coat OF hair, which
il very thin, and of a dirty yellow color;
the second is thick, more silky, and of a
dak gray color. While they are shedding
thor coats, which occurs in spring and
autnmn, their hair falls oil in matted locks.
This leaves their skin hare IN places,
making broad black SnOtS, which are re-
pulsiye.
They never 90 into \ house, and never
- allow themselves 20 he drawn TO one by
either careSSrS or kind words; not even by
tid-bits, which they eat, nevertheless, with
avidity, when thrown TO them on the
street. They sleep 4 good deal, especially
in times OF scarcity, which for them il the
normal condition OF things. Lying down
al cnrled mp On the sidewalks or on the
rough payements, they 10 not allow them
selves to be disturbed by threats ur noise,
or by the crowd; they get up only when
they see y toe that il going 10 strike them,
or a carriage that is going to run over their
bodies. la these cases they move away
slowly and lie down a little farther
away.
The Turks never iniure them aud, lazy,
as they are, cOndeScend to turn Ia one side
little in order not To disturb them. The
Armenians. ~BulgIrians and WrStemers
have a good deal ut sympathy Tor them,
never m1itreat them and often throw them
food. The perotes aud Greeks like to
stone them to death, crush their bodies
land stab them with sharp sticks. The
poor creatures utter cries so prolonged that
they pierce ones heart ~ we'll rs ears.
The dogs OF ConStantinople aud itS out
skirts, which form q population Of more
than q hundred thousand, appear to divide
the streets of the city among themselves
Tue hairy occupants OF one quarter never
allow those OF another to enter their do
main. When a dog, driven by burger III
thirst, attempts To pass the limits OF its
street 10 seek fortune elsewhere, IT Is re-
PEELED by u concert OF hOwlS, accompanied
by a good deal orbiting. All the dogs OF
one quarter are united for the defense OI
that quarter. At the first howl announcing
an invader, they all run, aud often they let
an unfortunate alone only after they have
killed it.
The food of rowing dogs, when they find
any, Is not, we may believe, either varied
or dainty; 1t is the waste scraps from cook
ing, constituting choice but rare food for
them; it consists especially OF filthy things
-of all kinds, among which figures most
prominently the excremenL of passing
horses, camels and cattle.
Besides the banks of high degree, Galata
is infested with Il host of brokers and
usuIers called sarafs, who have no count
ing room, no clerk, no desk, but who in
stall themselves in the gltewayS, with a
glass box divided into two compartments,
in one OF which glitters pieces of gold, sill
Yer and brass, and In the other of which
are heaped bundles of native and foreign
bank notes Of a value usually very small.
These SaratS are money -Changprs. This
is their nstenSible business; hut it is
not sufficient to enrich them. They
are also money lenders, receiving
from 40 Ia 30 per cent. This
is their real bushes; il il a good and
lucrative business, which has no sign aud
which no one ever C~OnieSSes being engaged
in, but which enables Que eventually To
occupy a large house and large business
apartments. They make loans on iewelry,
diamonds government bonds lhavales
upon sound credit, upOa dOwrles to he IT.
ceiVed or inhpTltaDCeS that are eNDactad.